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    2020 – 2023: Touchdown! And Goodbye

    This week, we have been recapping noteworthy OSIRIS-REx mission events each day so you can catch up on anything you may have missed so far on NASA's first mission to collect a sample from an asteroid. (Post #4 in a series of four) At 1:50 p.m. EDT on Oct. 20, 2020, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft …

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    2019 – 2020: Choosing a Touchdown Site from a Sea of Hazards 

    This week, we are recapping noteworthy OSIRIS-REx mission events each day so you can catch up on anything you may have missed so far in NASA's first mission to collect a sample from an asteroid. (Post #3 in a series of four) Given Bennu's unexpectedly rough terrain, NASA's OSIRIS-REx team took extra time to …

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    2018: Arrival at Bennu — A World Full of Surprises 

    This week, we are recapping noteworthy OSIRIS-REx mission events each day so you can catch up on anything you may have missed so far in NASA's first mission to collect a sample from an asteroid. (Post #2 in a series of four) After traveling 1.2 billion miles (2 billion kilometers) to Bennu, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft …

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    2016: NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Launches from Earth

    This week, we are recapping noteworthy OSIRIS-REx mission events each day so you can catch up on anything you may have missed so far in NASA's first mission to collect a sample from an asteroid. (Post #1 in a series of four) NASA's first mission to sample an asteroid, OSIRIS-REx, launched on Sept. 8, 2016, …

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    NASA Prepares for Historic Asteroid Sample Delivery on Sept. 24

    After seven years in space, including a nail-biting touchdown on Bennu in 2020 to gather up dust and rocks, NASA's intrepid OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is about to face one of its biggest challenges yet: deliver an asteroid sample to Earth while protecting it from heat, vibrations, and earthly contaminants. "Once the sample capsule touches down, …

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    Welcome to the OSIRIS-REx Blog

    Welcome to the OSIRIS-REx blog. Here you will find updates on NASA's first mission to collect an asteroid sample for analysis in labs around the globe. NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is cruising back to Earth now with samples it collected at the rocky surface of asteroid Bennu on Oct. 20, 2020. The spacecraft will deliver …

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